Flycatcher.



C. SHATALROE.

FLYCATCHER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 19|].

1,270,222. Patented June 18, 1918.

CLIFFORD SHAALROE, OIE IND1ANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

FLYCATCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J une 18, 1918.

Application fi1ed September 28, 1917. Serial No. 193,783.

T0 aZl wkom z't may concern:

Be it lmown that I, CLIFEORD SHATAL- non, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State ofIndiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Flycatchers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a fiy catcher, and the object is to provide aframe for holdin a sheet of adhesive fly paper, and designed to be usedfor catching flics by a sweep of the hand when the device is grasped inthe manner in Which a fan is held. The article may be employed whereflies assemble in considerable numbers, and is also suitable for generaluse.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the wire frame for holding the paper.

The frame comprising the main portion of the device may, if so desired,be formed of a single piece of wire bent into suitable form forproviding a handle portion and a plurality of wing portions, the latterbeing adapted to engage and support the adhesive fly paper. The handleis designated 10 and may comprise a plurality of lengths of wirecrossing each other or twisted together at 12, and portions extendinglengthwise with reference to the handle 10, the wire bein bent at asharp angle at the points 14 and being deflected in the direction shownfor forming arms or members 15, Which latter are deflected and form anengaging device 16, the latter projecting at an angle with the plane ofthe wings. The continuons wire member is again deflected to form sideportions 17 extending t0 angular portions 18, whcre the wire is againdeflected and crosses member 15, the extreme end forming a barb orengaging device 20, extending in a direction opposite to members 16, anddesigned to engage the adhesive fly paper from the opposite side.

The shoot of adhesivc material is passed between the wing members, sothat members 19 Will contact With one surface of the paper and members17 with the other surface thereof. The paper is then engaged by portions16, 18 and 20 of each wing, and is securely held in position when thedevice is subjected to somewhat rough usage.

What is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a handle portion of wire or the likeincluding a plurality of prongs the ends of which are bent to form wingsfor supporting a shoot of adhesive paper, the prongs being firstdeflected at an angle with each other and in opposite directions, thondefiected upwarclly from the plane of the wings pro er, thon deflectedlongitudinally With re erence to the prongs, and finally deflected at anacute angle with reference to said prongs, and to a point adjacent theshank portions of the prongs and barbs carried by the ends of saiddeflected members and projecting in a direction opposite to theaforesaid upwardly turned portions, whereby a sheet of paper is engagedon opposite edges and on both sides by the deflected elements and isretained against movement in all directions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CLIFFORD SHATALRQE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

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